Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984).
Pidgeon was a Canadian-American actor. He earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He also starred in many films such as How Green Was My Valley (1941), Forbidden Planet (1956), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), Advise & Consent (1962), and Funny Girl (1968).
Donna Reed appeared with Pidgeon, Elizabeth Taylor, and Van Johnson in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) in the role of Pidgeon's daughter.